Modelling the Metropolis The Architectural Model in Victorian London.

• Main Author: Wells, Matthew (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Zurich gta Verlag 2023
• Series: Architectural Knowledge
• Subjects: AMA; AMX; ACV; HBLL; Architectural models; London architecture; Victorian age; History of architecture
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Architectural models made nineteenth-century London. As the city grew it became the global centre of finance, industrial capitalism, and the British Empire. New buildings, urban spaces, and networks of infrastructure were demanded, constructed, and rebuilt. Models were a crucial medium of communicat...